Majors

General Requirements

At Fairfield, the general graduation requirements include a minimum of 40 three-credit courses (120 credits). The specific number of courses you take, however, will vary according to your background, school, and major. General requirements consist of approximately:

• 20 courses in the core (60 credits);
• at least 10 courses in a major (30 credits); and
• up to 10 courses (30 credits) chosen from free electives.

The core curriculum itself has some required courses and a good number of choices within each of five academic areas: 1) mathematics and natural sciences; 2) history and social/behavioral sciences; 3) philosophy, religious studies, ethics; 4) English and visual/performing arts; and 5) modern or classical languages.

Students often explore their interests through the choices within the core and through the selection of electives. By selecting core and elective courses carefully, students are able to build minors or double majors. Our flexible core curriculum and knowledgeable faculty advisors and deans help make your credits work for you if you change to another major.